Southend Hospital surgeon in international demand

7:00pm Thursday 4th October 2012 in News

A SURGEON skills in wrist replacement has seen him called on to operate on patients in Miami and Israel.

Southend Hospital consultant Greg Packer has become an acknowledged expert in fitting the Motec prosthesis – a Swedish product.

Earlier this year the orthopaedic surgeon became the first in the world to perform a new type of wrist replacement which involves removing three bones in the wrist and replacing them with a steel alloy implant – a procedure he now teaches to other surgeons around the world.

In Israel he will be carrying out a total wrist replacement using a metal prosthesis which allows some patients with rheumatoid arthritis or severe osteoarthritis in both sides of the joint to regain the whole range of movement

Comments (6)

7:41pm Thu 4 Oct 12

Ghost_Rider says...

A top bloke is the Greg Pack-myster. Is into nice cars as well like most Orthopaedic surgeons!!
A top bloke is the Greg Pack-myster. Is into nice cars as well like most Orthopaedic surgeons!! Ghost_Rider

8:13pm Thu 4 Oct 12

billericay boy says...

If its a Swedish product, did it come from ikea, the Wrist is only good for one thing now days
If its a Swedish product, did it come from ikea, the Wrist is only good for one thing now days billericay boy

9:06pm Thu 4 Oct 12

jolllyboy says...

So NHS loses out again to someone selling their expertise abroad.
So NHS loses out again to someone selling their expertise abroad. jolllyboy

5:51am Fri 5 Oct 12

Brunning999 says...

A leading member of the Willy Wonker club.
A leading member of the Willy Wonker club. Brunning999

2:41pm Fri 5 Oct 12

Eric Whim says...

One of the requests for urgent surgery came from someone in China. It is rumoured that a 'Worn Out from Wan King' has been in touch
One of the requests for urgent surgery came from someone in China. It is rumoured that a 'Worn Out from Wan King' has been in touch Eric Whim

4:38pm Fri 5 Oct 12

Eric Whim says...

Eric Whim wrote:
One of the requests for urgent surgery came from someone in China. It is rumoured that a 'Worn Out from Wan King' has been in touch
the communication went via his Spanish/Russian cousin Juan Ovdarist and was translated by his friend Wayne Kinnear
[quote][p][bold]Eric Whim[/bold] wrote: One of the requests for urgent surgery came from someone in China. It is rumoured that a 'Worn Out from Wan King' has been in touch[/p][/quote]the communication went via his Spanish/Russian cousin Juan Ovdarist and was translated by his friend Wayne Kinnear Eric Whim

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